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Swiss fire victims’ lawyer seeks expansion of criminal probe
GENEVA, Jan ‌13 (Reuters) – Switzerland’s criminal investigation into a fire in a bar in the ski town of Crans-Montana ‌should be broadened to include local authorities, a lawyer acting […]
Georgians set decorative tree ablaze to usher in hope for new year
TEZERI, Georgia, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Outside ‌a wooden cabin in central Georgia, local villager Natia Gedenidze places ‌an ornamental tree no more than one metre (3.28 ft) tall in […]
Uganda orders two rights groups to halt work days before election
KAMPALA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Uganda’s government has ‌ordered two local rights groups to halt their work days before Thursday’s election, which ‌the United Nations Human Rights Office says is […]
BBC seeks to have Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit dismissed
LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The BBC ‌will file a motion to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump’s $10 billion ‌lawsuit over its editing of a speech that made it appear […]
Russia summons Polish ambassador to demand release of detained archaeologist
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Russia ‌said on Tuesday it had summoned Poland’s ambassador ‌to protest over the detention of a Russian ‌archaeologist and demand that he be immediately released […]
Pop star Bobi Wine sets sights on Ugandan presidency despite campaign violence
Jan 13 (Reuters) – Ugandan pop star and opposition candidate Bobi ‌Wine says he has been beaten, tasered and attacked with teargas and pepper spray while campaigning against long-serving President Yoweri […]
Russia launches year’s most concentrated barrage on Ukraine’s two largest cities, officials and media say
KYIV, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Russian ‌forces launched the year’s most intense wave of ‌missile attacks on Ukraine’s two largest cities early ‌on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials and media said, killing […]
French farmers stage new Paris protest in bid to halt Mercosur deal
PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) – French ‌farmers drove tractors into Paris on Tuesday for ‌the second time in a week to protest against ‌an EU-Mercosur trade deal they say threatens […]
Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement appeal to open in Paris
PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) – French far-right leader ‌Marine Le Pen begins a crucial appeal in Paris on Tuesday that will ‌determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential […]
Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade
WASHINGTON (Reuters): US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Jan 12) any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the United […]